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History June 13, 2017
What Caused the Russian Revolution?
How historians narrate 1917 tells us as much about their politics as it does about what we can learn from the revolution’s failures.
Sophie Pinkham
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Regions and Countries August 14, 2015
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History November 19, 2013
The Museum of the Revolution
The life and work of Victor Serge represents the Russian democratic revolution that never was.
Sophie Pinkham
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Cultural Criticism and Analysis April 10, 2013
Oligarchs and Graphomaniacs
No one dies for poetry anymore, not even in Russia. Enter the oligarchs, who steer clear of Putin’s ire by sponsoring literary prizes.
Sophie Pinkham